万箭穿心
万箭穿心
wàn jiàn chuān xīn
lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom); fig. overcome with sorrow; to lambaste; to rip sb to shreds
idiomverb
Traditional: 萬箭穿心
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- (idiom, verb) lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom)
- fig. overcome with sorrow
- to lambaste
- to rip sb to shreds
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Related Words
一心一德(yī xīn yī dé)· of one heart and one mind (idiom)
→哀莫大于心死(āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ)· nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
→一失足成千古恨(yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn)· a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
→悲不自胜(bēi bù zì shèng)· unable to control one's grief (idiom); overwrought
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